Fred Is Afraid of Spiders

question 32

Multiple Choice

Fred is afraid of spiders. He won't even watch a nature show on TV about them. When he sees a picture of a spider, he has a panic attack, but when he avoids looking at the image, his panic goes away. Fred's avoidance of spiders is being

• A) extinguished, because he feels anxious after doing so.
• B) recovered spontaneously, because he will never get better.
• C) positively reinforced, because he is rewarded by his anxiety going down.
• D) negatively reinforced, because he is rewarded by his anxiety going down.
• E) positively reinforced, because he will lose his fear of spiders in the long run.

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